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. T Writtak vrAs. ptiblishcd, In Two V , "ltime;, 1 2 rno. pore tes, 6d. bottle, jr EMOIRS of an AMERICAN LADY, with I VA. Sketches of M inners - and Scenery in America, as they existed previous to the Itei . olution. 19 the A Ul7 i() of" Letters trom.the Mountains," Esc. Pri,.ted for Longman, Hurst, Rets,'and Orme, Peter roster- row ; and Mrs. H. Cook, lermyn.street.. oi inaf-h-• ha - -1.- by the same Author, x. Lttters from tile Mountains, being the real Cortes vlnttence of a Lady, between the Years 1773 and 1803 In three vols. tzmo. the Third Edition. Price 13$. 6d. in bo.rds. z. The highlanders, and other Poems. In one, 01. fools cap Oyu.. the-set;ond edit. price 75. in extra boards. This Day was published, Handsomely printea Four V oannes Octavo, price tl. tzs. boar is, HISTORICAL VIEW of the ENGLISH V N M N I', the Settleinent'oi the saxons s in lit tain to the present Tune; with some Disertation connectedconneed with the History of the Government. Ey Ij/1N MILLAR, Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow. ''Among the , Philosophers of His ory, Professor Millar merits a high, p,rhaps the highest rank. The sagacity with wimica Fe 'detects and indicates,- even in remote periods, those predisposing circumstances which produced the gene ral now of events, is wholly unrivalled. •His generaliia lions, or theoretical inferences, are nunierous and very in genious ; his reflections evince deep penetration, and his discussions a discriminating subtlety."• • Ann. Rev. Vol. LI. Printed for T. lawman, z 2,, Pou Of whom may be had, The Critical Review, as published. MAILS.' D us-3 Gottenburgh; i Malta, 2 Wate►ford. rf LT E S UN. COLEM Q,UI3 DICERS lALSUBI AUDIAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1400. We are at length enabled to lay before our Readers, from the most unquestionable authority, the sub stance of the intelligence actually brought over by the Mediator. That Vessel, as we have already stated, left Santona (not St. Andero) ou the 16th, and the Cai tain states, that on the evening of the I?th, a Letter was received by the Magistrates, from Ge neral BLAKE, dated from his entrenched Camp, at Leynwa, on the morning of the same day. This Leiter stated, that after Twelve days hard fighting, and being rather short of provisions , had taken up that position in order to concentrate and refresh his troops. It is probable that he con tinued in that strong position, at least, till the 16th, because no further accounts had reached Santona fro - r} his Army when the Mediator sail ed. The distance of Reynosa from Santona does not exceed for:y-six miies, .and if any important evcnt had h'appened- to General BLAKE'S army as late as the 15th instant, it must of course have b•.•en kno•.vn Santona on the 16th. The Letters therefore frornCorunna containin ,, the accounts from Qeneral Moor at Salamanca, and from Sir DAVID BAIRD, at Lugo, cannot be true ; the former at least is evidently unfounded, because it is dated the 13th, the very day on:'which General BLAKE'S letter was written from Reynosa to the Magistrates of Santona. Thereis also'the strongest reason to believe that the account froin ,ugo, of General BLAKE'S defeat, is unfounded, or at Least very much exaggerated ; and • xe know it is a very common trick of the Enemy to raise and circulue the most false reports, for th:?, ptirpose of exciting alarm. We entertain, there fore-, very strong hopeg that we shall shortly receive some saiisfactory intelligence froM Spain; indeed, the fact .- 4 ‘f General BLAK.E'S Army having beeit able to 'sustain the attack; of the Enemy for twelve successive days, is a proof, not only of their bravery, but of their discipline, and the French must be' 'Convinced that they have now to contend against men of a very dircrent description from those over whom they hive been accustomed to triumph.. A Gotteuhurgh Mail ai;;.ved this morning, bui it coutahis no news whatever.' LAST night Hamburgh and Altona Papers to the 13th inst. reached town. The act,oc4l - .L, I:oin Vienna State, that the Austrian Government still continuei its milittlry prep4rations with unabated vigour. In addition to the Hungarian. Insurreaion, which has been rendered a permanent force, and placed at the disposal of the EmPeror for three years,. the States .ye ordered a force of 20,00 men to be raised irn;• mediately; fur the defence of the Country, in case it should . be attacked by any YreignPoWer. Mr Apitta eirived . at the Dardanelles on.the loth nit. and-iumnechateiy commenced a Negotiation with the Sublime Porte, .14 the restoration c.)l Nace with this C(AtUtr);. This important Ida is stated in a letter from Vkinta, dated the 2d , inst: and it is added, that immediately upon the opening of the Negotia tior., orders were given to our Cruizers in the Archi pelago'tci suspend hostilities. W trust that Mr. *DA Lit will succeed in his mission the restoration Of Peace would be produaive of great advaUtages both to Great Britain and Turkey, particularly to the latter. It will•hOwevei require some address to eradicate froM the minds of the Turks the recollec tinu of our ill contrived and nnfortutiate Expedition to the Ditrdanelles. ' MarshaI . Kt3LLERMAN has beert Appointed to the Chief Command of the Troops as 'emble,.l at Boulizne, for tho Invasion of this r,*!/utry, bave giveti, it 3 g sdosAuetlt Cgiatun, die speech OfEhe Governor of New-York to the Assem bly of that Province. a'he en4ved people of the Continent have great reason to lament the miserable condition to which the Press is reduced in every State to which the force or the influence of France extends, since not a sylla- ble must appear in any of theirpUblic journals . that . , would be . .to Offend the man who tyrannizes over the whole. But it must be confessed that the Press, uuder all the Continental Governments, was under restraints enough before they fell into an abject submission to the will of the French Tyrant. To render the matter still more deplorable, the Cohti nental Presses are not only obliged to be silent re- seeding the crimes of France, but are absolutely compelled to garnish those crimes, and represent them as the triumphs of wisdom and virtue. It might be thought that in this country the freedom of the Press would be employed in latnentations for the state of bondage in which the Continent is held, and that every effort would be made to expose those , . impositions which France finds so easy an opportu nity of circulating abroad ; but we are sorry to ob- serve that our Opposition Papers seem disposed to aid those impositions, and to do all they can to bring disgrace on their own country. Indeed, from the general contents of our Opposition Journals, we might almost be induced to suppose that they are translations from the Ma7iteur, and other French Papers. According to them, every thing that France does is wise, and all the proceedings of our 99- vernment ;repot only foolish, but injurious to the Country. Though we 'Aye long known that the Spaniards, rather too confidently, perhaps, have re lied upon their own v4our, and declined the co-ope: ration of British Troops, we are told by the party writers, that we ought to have compelled the Spa niards to accept at our co-operation. This point, in the teeth of the must glaring facts, the Oppositieu Journals are pressing from day to day, and seem dis posed to persevere in the same honourable course. They cannot deny, that as soon as the glorious flame of patriotism broke forth in Spain, our Government used all possible means to give the Spaniards all the aid in our power, and we abundantly supplied them with what they required; yet we are stile win, that our Troops ought not to have proceeded to Por tugal, but should - have assisted in the atterupt to drive the French out of Spain. Nothing can ex ceed the folly of such assertions but the obstinate zeal with which they are supported. We are, how ever, glad to find that though the Opposition Writers are blind to reason and piain matter of feet, they are not totally dead to feeling, for they are indignant at the charge of being " flushed by the reports (4 dis asters in Spain." We wish these Writers were really as anxious not to deserve, as they are to clear themselves of such impetaoe.is ; but the eagerness with which they circulate reports of disasters in Spain, and the frigid distrust with which: they generally relate reports of a contrary nature, too Hell justify such imputations. But as a pout• that they have nothing of that liberal spirit which denotes inno cence, they are as ready to charge others as they are to clear themselves. Fur this purpose they tell us, that if we wish to see persons *hu . are really " flushed by the reports of disasters in Spain, we are to look for them in the Chainoeis of Ottiee, and the 4/eons of the Court." We question whether there was ever, to use the words of those Party Writers, a more " base, foul, and malignant calumny," than in this reflection upon the various departments of Government--upon the Government itself. Is it a proof of patriotism Is it a proof of a just re sentment, in consequence of a false accusation _? Is it a mark of common decency to bripg such a " base, false, and malignant calumny," upon these who :!e . ! employed in toe civil employments of the State, and who have certainly a stronger interest in the welfare and honour of the State, and the prosperity of Europe, than the desperate followers of a Party ? We are unwilling to enquire tuu minutely to whom the party writers allude, when they bid us look for those who are " flushed by the reports of disasters it. Spain"' into " the saloons of the Court," bepause we ktiow not how high their daring presumption may point ; but we will still retort their own words, and accuse them of a " base, foul, and malignant calumny," in making such a charge, after all that has been done by, Government to support a cause, not only interesting to - Spaniards but to all mankind. But this is not all, for we are told that we must look for those who are " flushed with the reports of disasters in Spain, among those Ministers who have done nothing to prevent, and who are now doing so little to alleviate these disasters !" Pone nothing to prevent ! ! Will it be believed by our'Readers, who, we trust, 'are too loyal to read the Papers to - whip we refer, that in the face of all Europe, which has witnessed the exertions of the British Ministers to aid the cause of Spain;---who have supplied the Spa niards with all 'they 'asked, and '9flered 'more than they Vanted—tloA they hare !` done nothilig to ,preveta the disasters in Spin ?" Those Mini sters .•.vho are at this time as naive as possible to assist Spain with all the means which this ,Country ran spare, and yet , are.accused of doing lit tle to alleviate the disasters of that Country. We believe that all honest men will agree with us in thinking, that if the Writers who can declare such sentimi*s an . make such assertions, in violation of every liberal feeling, and in utter contempt of notorious ,faas, ate not " flushed with reports of disasters in Spain," they are at least, anxi ons to take away from Great Britain all the ho nour it deserves for its prompt and generous con duA towards Spain (of which Spain is truly sen sible, and for which she is fully grateful, though " we have done nothing, and are doing so li4lef. l ) and that if their individual interests were not likely to be involved, would be regardless Of what disasters rnightbefal their own Country. A letter has-bcen received from Dover, which states, that the Spartan has arrived at Dover, in nine days, from Rebadeo, in Spain. She brings in telligenep that General BLAKE has obtained a deci sive vi&ory over the French, with the loss of ,6000 men. We have not learned the particulars. Yesterday morning his MAiisTY, Princesses An- GUSTA., SOPHIA, and AaIELIA, accompanied by Lurds RryEAs, WESTMORLAND, and WALSINGHAM, Lady CRANLEY, Count .NiuNSTER, General FITiROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, took their usual rides in Windsor Park, and returned at twelve o'clock to the Palace. Yesterday a Cabinet Couccil was held at the Fo reign Office, at which Were present his Grace the Duke of POETLAND, and tht; LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls WESTMORLAND and BATHURST, Lords CAS TLEREAGH, MLTLGRAVE, and HAWKESBURY, Mr. Secretary CANNING, and Mr. PERCEVAL. Yesterday morning at nine o'clock, the Hon.i. C. VILLIERS, accompanied by his Secretary, Mr. POLE (son of the Secretary to the Admiralty), leSltoi.vn, in order to proceed upon his Embassy to the Regency of Portugal. The Chevalier D'ADLEEBERG, who has been for many years the Swedish our Court, left town on Sunday, accompanied byM.TOUSSANT, his Secretary, in order to proceed upon his Embassy cram the Court of Stockholm to Spain. Admiral }BERKELEY is appointed to the command of the Lisbon Station, in the DOOM of Sir CHARLES COTTON. Accounts from otT Rochefort state, that there are lying in That harbour. three ships of the line ready for sea, and that they have been reconnoitred by the Gibraltar and Di/Lance, cruiLing oti that port.— A Sl.)op has been lying alongside of them, supplying them with stores, and was fully expected they would put to sea the first opportunity. A Sloop had been dispatched from off Rochefort to Lord GAMBIE, to give him the information of their min cements. The following is an eWaa of a private Letter from Stockholm, dated the 10th itto,—" This morning a Courier arrived at the Royal Palace, with dispatches from General Klercker, containing tne pleasing intelligence of a victory over a detach ment of the enemy's army. On the 2gth ult. Ad j‘itant-General Sandels was attacked near !den. salmi, by the Russirn army, under the com mand of General Tutschrow. - The battle was maintained on both sides with great obstinacy for several hours, and at last terminated in a com plete victory over the Rns,ians, who left upon the field 400 killed, and double the number wounded,. Among the former is the gallant and much regretted Qeneral the Prince Dolgourncki. On our side the loss is comparatively small, there being in killed only 50, and 100 wounded, among whom are eight offi cers. The force of the Russians was estimated at 5400 men, and that of the Swedes did not exceed half that number. It has been the lot of the Swedes, through the whole of the present arduous struggle, to contend with double their numbers, and to this is to be ascribed the great excess of loss on the part of the enemy, who owe all the ad% antages they have gain ed to numbers and ferocity, and not to superior tac tics or brave , y. The lanssian Officers who have been made prisoners in this a.fair, and who had served in the campaign against Fiance, have publicly declared that they never had opposed to theM so formidable a resistance as that they had recently experienced from the Swedes, uho admit, in their turn, that the Russians fought bravely." Yesterday the Loan MAYOR went in state to Guildhall, and held a Court of Aldermen (being the first in his .M.iyeraltv), which was attended by six teen Aldermen and the Cey Officers. The Court examined the Reports of the iVlealweighers, and ordered the price of bread to lie reduced one assize and a half, or 3d. in the peck loaf, to take place to morrow ; the quarteru loaf of wheaten is then to be sold for Is. 2.,1,c1. and household at is. lid. Thanks were voted to Joni.; ANSLEY, Esc}.. late Lord Mayor, for which see advertisement in front of this Paper.---Two pound per cent. on the orphan's stock, due the sth of January, was ordered to be paid on the t Ith of January next.--Precepts for the elettion of Common Council-men on St. Thomas's Day next were ordered to be issued. A few weeks ago there was driven ashore in the Island of Stronsay, the head and part of one of the ea serpents common in Norway. , The part ma ntes about 55 feet in length, it has a head and mane omething resembling those of a horse, with three a%k's on each side, like those of an alligator, and its ody about as thick as that of an ox. It is impos sible to ascertain what length the animal . might have been when entire. It Must have been dead fora long time, as the skin was quite gone, and bet:Are •intelligence of it was received at Kirkwall, it W.as so much corrupted and destroyed by the peo ple of the .island e tha4 it •wasitopossible to ascertain its shape exactly. The central stone of the new Covent Garden Theatre will be laid in the course of the next week ; ei her the Prince of 'WALES or the Duke of BED.. FOAL is eY-Peded to preside at the ceremonial. .3PEZCLI of the eorERNoR " Gentlemen of the State and _4sscnggy, "At the commencement of the last Sessi ° had the honour of expressing to the Legisla ture. my opinion respe&iug the measures adopted b i the national Councils, to prevent our being hr volved in the desolating wars of Europe. Nothing has since occurred to produce a chang e of that opinion, or to impair my confidence in their exer tions and zeal to avert, as far as is consistent With the welfare and independence of our country, .he ca calamities of war. I am, however, comp---e with rwet to inform you that I am n et 91).. prized of any material alteration in the state our foreign relations since that period. The .ern'` barrassments to commerce l and agriculture, 416- dent to the existence of the Embargo, are still ea' perienced, and should they continue, they Vas t be , ascribed to the perseverance of the Belligerent; / their illegal and unjust aggressions upon the °ale w ord merce of theUnited"States. This consideration he additional Motives for enduring with patience 6-- privations resulting from the countergting : r t r sures of .our own Balers, and fqr yielding svi l t- : t mini MOUS, and decided support to their Pr?" 1 "` d o , ' and incessant ea fforts to maintain, without an ‘•r& o to arms, the honoUr of country, and the rig-,s and tranquillity of its Citizens. 'Should our h( ) ! of an amicable accommodation of existing d il ' er i ences be frustrated by an obstinate adhereo.ec 9 the Belligerents to their unprincipled and glib it r Pri to restraints upon neutral commerce, and a resoj'.. t he the sword became inevitable , we can , event with a consciousness of the eQitude of o pt atr i o tism cause ; with a firm dependence on I: and bravery of Freemen, and with a humb le Hance ots the protection of that Providence cppap hitherto ghir:,:ci:jic:diemoe,inisonei ef.tt f ti a ilhisoe v )!,eur o prfcc u ifrto r oiElen e ldtesi d icsrefiot.aop u uhrra s so . lndrwtisboat d i os c ti 1104 1 s I rofeet t 6sap l esm i tr e ee pr: , s e i r d e e n e t e a et b e l: distinguishedsosi ne r r c iflwo l t i ri t n i jcl e hi ys x yo t oti a state't ropthe'aiel,fite.rio:o:b?: convened. m "" It atrords me pleasure to fortifications erecting under the authority United States for the defence of the City of York, have been prosecuted a with at, zeal. A variety of circumstances have re -000 the cor9mencetvent of the expenditure hundred tho u sand dollars apprOp r iated for. ec ., objed by th e Legislature of this State. 1 : '? complish their views by devising and corno/% of 01 works. upon which the greatest numoP• o bi tressed persons might be employed, aa a .o tiO l A, , might be in concert with the defensive or r pia of the general Government, and at the satf) %id to apply the sum granted in the most eOriviits and beneficial , manner, was a ;a,s . anxiety, responsibility, and embarrascillela.b tjDe have the satisfaction to inform yon, th at vi ol " boi l intelligence and generoo assistance 0 1 sta te' WILLIAMS, Chief Engineer of the united t h whose services merit the highest encoo3ia gil l ' diffivulties have finally been surmounted , anP r ter myself the place which has been dec id— A ect and the plan of the works to be ereeted, Ir sll ' your approbation. to ° oat° bit " It is our lot, Gentlemen, to live in a e period. The old world is shaken to its Ce)l el, the mad ambition of its potentates; and P ri r d wai ; hibits an affecting spedacle of blood f tw ° fare. It has been the alternate policy ° ti 3 Ili' the Belligerents to entangle us in their , a d cre s ov er therto we have escaped, but it requires allii°st 500' human wisdom in our rulers to preserve our eo , reigniy and independence and t o avoid bei''oieto gaged in their wars. Thus situated, it is o ne yo n ‘'/ c e duty to second the efforts of th ose to 11`)11. wa ts ° : 00 0 , have entrusted the highly responsible righ and war. It is our duty to strengthen thecio le a of Government, by imparting a liberal 0111'0,04 when our dearest rights ar e not only in le ld r i irsC r but actually invaded, and to prove to toe O f , it " we are not a divided people, but that we are Americans. r ooi " With an ardent wish that harmorY - e dit* vail in your deliberations, and t hat your prn c j , fi n d m e a r y y p o r u o tannote assurancethe welfare o n f y our rea dcionnesstsi ttuoenclso:eole:o in your labours to promote th e common be ° 05 ," " DANIISL TOSII‘I " Albany, _Nay. 1, 1808:' Pf ----------,' . s tet A , A few letters dated the 23d inst. wer e iieDosfri I received from Holland, having been pot °,„ do i ' a ll vessel which appeared off that c.,ast • f f ilr' ', d i t:lo Spain ; from which we may _make the slightest allusion to the ca l l e r, l 'il nu important intelligence from tha t (e t ji . 1' st reached Paris h -Y the 17th yr Itith insOlelerfitt'leo tio at n ed in these letters, that it was theditor4 ,of of the Government to enforce the P''' rdP. hob all shipping ill the Dutch ports, Wit h t— possible. rigour, .. • reasonahlY il.erter 1 3 ii